Cronia aurantiaca

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth27.5 m
Water temperature18–29 °C
Best monthsMay, September, and October
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomas Mesaglio · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Cronia aurantiaca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Cronia aurantiaca”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 48 records
February: 49 records
March: 70 records
April: 60 records
May: 87 records
June: 87 records
July: 86 records
August: 68 records
September: 110 records
October: 104 records
November: 43 records
December: 47 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 27.5 m · Deepest record: 27.5 m

20–30 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 42 records
22–24 °C: 126 records
24–26 °C: 86 records
26–28 °C: 61 records
28–30 °C: 27 records

Photos

(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) libby hepburn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) TJ Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Cronia (Cronia) aurantiaca, Cronia pseudamygdala, Purpura aurantiaca, Purpura pseudamygdala

Similar species

Cronia avellana
Cronia amygdala
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Arakawania marginalba

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
475 open-data records from 1903 to 2008.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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